Category Archives: 2nd Grade
Great Promethean Flipchart Templates!
Matthew Barfield, aka @GeekMonkee, is an amazing educator who works for Promethean. Make sure you follow his blog. He has some great stuff over there! With his permission, I “borrowed” a bunch of great flipchart templates from his blog page that you could use in your classroom. Check them out–they’re great! Words with Buddies – […] Continue reading
Using Voki for Writing
Ms. Smith’s second grade class at Pinchbeck Elementary have been working very hard on writing well crafted sentences. Ms. Smith wanted to push her students past simple sentences with no details. We decided to use Voki to take her students’ … Continue reading → Continue reading
ThingLink Labeling
Today I was able to hang out in Mrs. Edelblut’s and Mrs. Hayes’ 1st grade classes at Seven Pines Elementary. Both classes have been working on their maps skills. They have been learning about symbols, map keys, the compass rose, and identifying the United States, Virginia, Richmond, and Washington DC on a map. In steps […] Continue reading
Appy Hour with YAKiT Kids!
Its Friday! Let’s break out a new App for “Appy Hour!” Today, I got to hang out in Mrs. Short’s class at Echo Lake Elementary. Her class has been learning about what makes day and night and information about the sun. I was originally going to do the same Keynote Movie Activity I did with […] Continue reading
100 Years old for the 100th Day!
Well, with all these snow days, our upcoming 100th day has been pushed back a little bit. That’s okay though! It gives you a few more days to come up with fun activities for the students! Mrs. Batkins and Mrs. Bortner at Seven Pines showed me this awesome “Aging App” called Age Yourself. This is […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Symmetry Pixie
Technology lessons don’t have to be long and complicated. There is definitely an appropriate place for multi-day projects, but you can also do quick lessons in as little as 30 minutes. Today’s lesson is an example. Ms. Salvo’s class at Davis Elementary has been learning about symmetry (SOL2.15), and Pixie has an excellent tool for […] Continue reading
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Dr. Seuss’ real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel. If he were still alive he’d be 110! I must say, my favorite book is “Green Eggs and Ham.” Below is a folder of some great Dr. … Continue reading → Continue reading
Bad Math Photos
I ran across a great blog post from Richard Byrne about using photos from the Bad Maths Flickr Group Page. The group defines itself as “a place to store all those images of crazy special offers and examples of things that just don’t add up. The aim is to be able to use these in […] Continue reading
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Intro
I loved using the images and pictures from the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. This picture book is filled with individual pictures on each page containing a title and a single line of text. The pictures are vivid images such as a girl getting ready to cut a glowing pumpkin, […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Ancient China Comics
Second graders in Ms. Street’s class at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about ancient China (SOL2.1), and today they created a comic book about the famous places and inventions of this incredible civilization. They started with a blank Comic Life document. I showed them how to add a fancy title and change the style, then […] Continue reading
